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Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brian J Marlett, Macomb, MI (US);

Robert M Andres, Clarkston, MI (US);

Assignee:

Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/00 (2006.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); B60W 50/14 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/02 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.02); B60W 2050/146 (2013.01); B60W 2420/54 (2013.01); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02);
Abstract

A vehicle control system employing acoustic and impact sensors for sensing acoustics and vibrations at a vehicle to detect environmental conditions and provide appropriate vehicle control and driver warnings according to the environmental conditions. The acoustics may include sounds generated by objects in the external environment surrounding the vehicle or sounds generated by impacts on the vehicle. The vibrations may include vibrations of the vehicle generated by the sounds generated by objects in the external environment surrounding the vehicle or vibrations of the vehicle generated by the impacts on the vehicle.


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